FLOGGING

whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation

(noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

FLOG

flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce

(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod; “The teacher often flogged the students”; “The children were severely trounced”

cane, flog, lambaste, lambast

(verb) beat with a cane

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

flogging (countable and uncountable, plural floggings)

Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.

Verb

flogging

present participle of flog

Source: Wiktionary

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Flog"ging, a. & n.

Definition: from Flog, v. t. Flogging chisel (Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings.

– Flogging hammer, a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel.

FLOG

Flog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Flogging.] Etym: [Cf. Scot. fleg blow, stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh. fr. L. flagellare to whip. Cf. Flagellate.]

Definition: To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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